As I look back on this year at the massive changes in my life from a year ago, I congratulate myself on all that I have achieved..from looking at houses for sale in Kent from the start of the year (and actually the six months previous to that) and even though we only walked through […]
It’s always a funny time of year, Christmas, an odd eclectic mix of happy and sad, poignant, and silly. This year I am looking forward to it far more than I have done in more than forty years, because this year I can do what I want, not what I have to do in past […]
When I went to the fabulously festive Dickens festival in Rochester in early December I was so inspired in the place and the history of the place and how much it featured in Charles Dickens life I started to read “The Old Curiosity Shop” by him which has had me totally and utterly enthralled in […]
I write about one hundred Christmas cards every year, remembering friends, and family, neighbours old and new, and its also a good opportunity to keep in touch with my (MANY!) cousins far and wide, friends in other countries, and those scattered over England. I also try to remember others who I have met in the […]
Part of the excitement of moving to Kent was wanting to get involved with the seasonal celebrations of the area. I heard about the Charles Dickens Victorian Christmas Festival held in Rochester about six years ago and knew that it would be high on my list of experiences I wanted to get involved in whenever […]
